Do You Want To See Where Quilts Really Come From?
10-21-2011, 07:00 PM
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We drive by cotton fields quite often but my children had never seen a cotton boll up close. Recently we stopped and picked one that was near harvesting. That is also an interesting "close up" experience if you have never seen one. I lived on a cotton farm for a while and there are many hours put into the process of growing, picking and processing raw cotton.
10-21-2011, 07:12 PM
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I still love to drive through the cotton fields in N. Fl and lower Alabama.
After the cotton has been harvested, I will see it blowing along the side of the roads where it blew from the trucks. As kids, we used to lie on the cleaned cotton seed. They were so slick and would shift with your weight. The seeds were ground up for for the oil and livestock feed.
After the cotton has been harvested, I will see it blowing along the side of the roads where it blew from the trucks. As kids, we used to lie on the cleaned cotton seed. They were so slick and would shift with your weight. The seeds were ground up for for the oil and livestock feed.
10-21-2011, 07:24 PM
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Thanks for sharing. I've seen cotton growing in the wild but this got me
curious how it's baled. I worked in textiles for 12 years so I'm familiar
with the spinning and weaving, etc. but not with the ginning process.
Those who are interested can go to Youtube...type "cotton gin".
Very interesting.
curious how it's baled. I worked in textiles for 12 years so I'm familiar
with the spinning and weaving, etc. but not with the ginning process.
Those who are interested can go to Youtube...type "cotton gin".
Very interesting.
10-22-2011, 03:04 AM
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I love your story, that's so sweet...I can just picture a little 8 yr old lugging bricks...
Originally Posted by Phannie1
I love seeing the cotton fields in Arkansas and southern Missouri. My Mom and her family was cotton pickers when she was a kid. She told many stories around time in the cotton fields. My favorite one is when she was eight, she found some bricks at the end of a row. When you get paid by the pound, she knew if her bag was heavier she would get paid more. Those old men knew how heavy a bag should be and picked up on something amiss. Found the bricks and nicknamed her "the Brick Picker"
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